Discovery Box1 Samuel 9:27 
Context9:27 While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. 1 Samuel then said, 2 “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”
1 Samuel 22:17
Context22:17 Then the king said to the messengers 3 who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided 4 with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm 5 the priests of the Lord.
1 tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin
2 tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “runners.”
4 tn Heb “their hand is.”
5 tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”
